Press

These are news releases and coverage relating to OxIS research. Members of the press who are interested in issues relating to OxIS, should contact Jennifer Darnley: press@oii.ox.ac.uk; +44 (0)1865 287210.

• Most UK citizens do not find internet enthusiastic: Study

  4 October 2013 | The Times of India

  The Times of India reports on the finding of the OxIS 2103 that many UK citizens use the Internet with reluctance.

• Over half of British internet users go online ‘without enthusiasm’

  2 October 2013 | Phys Org

  A report of the OxIS 2013 findings that nearly half of the people who go online do so with a lack of enthusiasm

• Britain’s reluctant internet revolutionaries

  1 October 2013 | The Daily Telegraph

  The 2013 Oxford Internet Surveys have charted the speed in which the digital revolutions is transforming life in Britain but it also reveals that almost four out of 10 people use it with reluctance.

• One in seven admit they hate the internet and fear it is ‘taking control of our lives’… but more of us are going online Read more: Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

  1 October 2013 | Daily Mail

  Report of the finding of OxIS 2013 that many users of the Internet do so reluctantly.

• Divorce: A silver lining

  20 August 2013 | The Economist

  An article about divorce among older people, notes that an OII report soon to be released found that 51% of retired people that use the internet meet people online.

• Are you middle of the road or enlightened?

  13 November 2012 | thinkbroadband

  ‘It should be required reading for anyone involved in digital inclusion schemes.’ BT’s official business site refers to the OII’s study, sponsored by the Nominet Trust, of digital use by young people.

• Cloud control is key to the future of the Internet

  22 July 2012 | The Observer

  The Oxford Internet Surveys are the only studies that come anywhere near OfCom’s annual communications report market says John Naughton. Among findings he notes, is a significant rise in smartphone use and in internet access among 65–74 year olds.

• Digital solutions to tackle youth unemployment

  16 February 2012 | CivilSociety.co.uk

  Dan Sutch of the Nominet Trust looks at opportunities presented by digital technology to address the challenge of youth unemployment. But young people not online need support too. He refers to OII findings and current research.

• Oxford Internet Institute showcases Stata’s capabilities

  1 January 2012 | The STATA News

  The work of OII researchers using Stata’s statistical software for analysis of the data collected for the Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) is featured in the company’s quarterly newsletter.

• How to lift the digital age barrier

  30 November 2011 | The Guardian

  According to figures from the OII’s Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS), Internet use among people aged 65 and over sits at only about 30% and has not changed much since 2005, despite campaigns to get more older people connected.

• Prof. Dutton: ”Next Generation Internet Users” w sieci szukają głównie rozrywki i multimediów Więcej

  24 October 2011 | Gazeta Wyborcza

  William Dutton discusses findings from the 2011 Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) at the 2011 World Internet Project (WIP) meeting in Poland.

• Study finds half of web users go online via mobile devices

  19 October 2011 | Broadband Choice

  The characteristics of ‘new generation users’ of the Internet as revealed in the 2011 Oxford Internet Surveys are highlighted on the broadband website. They visit multiple locations, utilise several difference devices and contribute content.

• Are you a Next Generation User of the Internet?

  17 October 2011 | University of Oxford

  The OxIS 2011 survey shows that nearly half of Internet users in Britain are ‘Next Generation Users’, who routinely access the Internet on the move using portable devices – more than double the proportion in 2007.

• The Internet in Britain, 2011: Topline Findings from the Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS)

  17 October 2011 | Oxford Internet Institute

  Topline findings from the Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS) 2011 Report: “Next Generation Users: The Internet in Britain 2011”, presenting data on British access, use and attitudes to the Internet 2003-2011.

• Nominet Trust Sponsors Major OII Survey of British Internet Access, Use and Attitudes (OxIS 2011)

  4 October 2010 | Oxford Internet Institute

  Nominet Trust provides support for the 2011-2012 cycle of the OII’s Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS), one of Great Britain’s most in-depth and authoritative sources of information about Internet access, use and attitudes.

• Service Provision in the Digital Age: Notes from an Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS) Workshop

  23 June 2010 | Oxford Internet Institute

  Notes from an OII-Scottish and Southern Energy Workshop on service provision in the digital age. Intended to inform the 2011 Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS), it explored the use and impact of the Internet in supporting business and consumer relationships.

• Attitudes towards the internet may hold back ‘Digital Britain’

  22 June 2009 | The Independent

  ‘Though Gordon Brown may have trumpeted nationwide broadband access as essential for economic growth at the recent Digital Britain summit, a new Oxford University study suggests the barriers to creating a new digital Britain could lie in hearts and minds’

• OII News: Release of OxIS 2009 Report, Attitudes to Internet, Internet Use and Online News

  22 June 2009 | Oxford Internet Institute

  The Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, has today released the OxIS Report 2009, the latest report in a series of Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS) that cover the changing landscape of Internet access, use and attitudes in Britain.

• Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS) 2009: Attitudes Towards the Internet in Britain

  22 June 2009 | Oxford Internet Institute

  One of the main challenges in creating a Digital Britain will be to change the perceptions of the third of the British population who choose not to use the internet, according to the latest in a series of Oxford University Surveys (OxIS)

• Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS) 2009: Internet Use and Online News

  22 June 2009 | Oxford Internet Institute

  Oxford Internet Survey into how British people are using the Internet in 2009 suggests that the proportion of people reading online newspapers has doubled since 2007: 58% of Internet users said they read a newspaper or news online, compared to 30% in 2007

• Survey points up challenges for a Digital Britain

  22 June 200| University of Oxford

  In the wake of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain Report, an Oxford survey shows that one of the main challenges will be to change the perceptions of the third of the British population who choose not to use the Internet

• World Internet Project (WIP) Report Finds Remarkable Similarities and Significant Differences in Internet Use Worldwide

  24 November 2008 | Oxford Internet Institute

  The World Internet Project marks the first time that a worldwide partnership of research institutions has compiled survey data on the behaviour and views of Internet users and non-users

• Professor William Dutton gives keynote presentation at CIM Forum Europe’s inaugural event

  17 September 2007 | TMCnet

  William Dutton gives a keynote presentation at CIM Forum Europe’s inaugural event, presenting the results of the OxIS 2007 report into the changing landscape of internet access, use and attitudes in Britain

• OII News: OxIS 2007 Launch, Online Gambling Survey, SDP2007 Wrap-up

  3 August 2007 | Oxford Internet Institute

  Launch of Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) 2007 Report ‘The Internet in Britain’, web-based survey of online gambling site users, Summer Doctoral Programme 2007 wrap-up: ‘The OII SDP 2007 marks a highlight in my graduate studies experience to date’

• A ‘digital divide’ exists according to Oxford survey on internet use in Britain

  26 July 2007 | University of Oxford

  The University’s Oxford Internet Institute (OII) releases the OxIS Report 2007, the latest report in a series of Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS) that examine internet access, use and attitudes in Britain

• Oxford survey on internet use in Britain

  26 July 2007 | Physorg.com

  The Oxford Internet Institute has released the OxIS Report 2007, the latest report in a series OII surveys that examine internet access, use and attitudes in Britain. A key finding is that a digital divide continues to exist

• Digital divide grows with web use

  25 July 2007 | BBC News

  The digital divide in Britain is still pronounced despite growing intensity of internet use […] The Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) found that with two-thirds of Britons online, the poor, the old and the less educated are still losing out

• Report: UK digital divide still exists

  25 July 2007 | BCS News

  A new study has revealed that a digital divide between certain sectors of society still exists in the UK. According to the Oxford Internet Survey Report 2007, men still use the internet more than women for most purposes

• OII News: OxIS Survey Data on the Internet in Britain Released

  24 July 2007 | Oxford Internet Institute

  The Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) 2007 Report ‘The Internet in Britain’ is released by the Oxford Internet Institute, the latest report in a series of surveys that cover the changing landscape of Internet access, use and attitudes in Britain

• Survey Data on the Internet in Britain Released by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII)

  24 July 2007 | Oxford Internet Institute

  The Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) 2007 Report ‘The Internet in Britain’ is released by the Oxford Internet Institute, the latest report in a series of surveys that cover the changing landscape of Internet access, use and attitudes in Britain

• OII News: OxIS website is launched

  11 April 2007 | Oxford Internet Institute

  The Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS) have a new digital home. We hope the new website will improve our communication with all those interested in the project and its findings, including research highlights, publications, events and press releases

• OII News: OxIS Interview, Infastructure Design (Webcast)

  4 April 2007 | Oxford Internet Institute

  ‘We are nearing completion of fieldwork on our 2007 Oxfor Internet Survey of use and non-use of the Internet in Britain’, OxIS Interview with Ellen Helsper, David Ribes on Infastructure Design (Webcast)

• The third national Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) is launched

  12 March 2007 | Oxford Internet Institute

  The OII launches the third wave of its national survey on Internet use. The Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS) are unique in offering detailed insights into the influence that the Internet has had on everyday life in Britain since 2003

• One in three rejects technology

  10 July 2005 | The Sunday Times

  Coverage of the OxIS 2005 Report: ‘New research by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) reveals that it is not only money, age or education that is stopping people going online. Many people remain unconnected by choice – they are digital refuseniks’

• How the net changed family life

  12 June 2005 | The Sunday Times

  Coverage of the Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) 2005 Report: ‘It’s official: the internet is transforming our social fabric. Andrew Smith examines the evidence in an exclusive preview of a new nationwide survey’

• The internet refuseniks

  24 November 2003 | BBC News

  Professor Richard Rose discusses OxIS 2003: Just because internet access is now widely available, that does not mean everyone will want to use it. What will it take to get the whole population online?

• Oxford Internet Surevy (OxIS) 2003 Results

  16 September 2003 | Oxford Internet Institute

  ‘While the battle for digital access is being won in Britain, government and business now face a struggle to convince everyone that the Internet is worth using,’ concludes Professor Richard Rose from the new Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS)

• Using the Internet

  5 June 2003 | Oxford Blueprint

  OxIS is launched

• OII launches Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS)

  1 June 2003 | Oxford Internet Institute

  The Oxford Internet Institute launches the Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS), a major nationwide survey about Internet capital: its causes, its uses and its consequences, linked to the World Internet Project, a set of surveys from over 20 countries